Health Care Organizational Ethics: January 2018

Monday, January 8, 2018

Hiatus

Dear Readers
This is a belated post to explain that I'm taking a hiatus from the blog. My plate has been rather full in recent months and there have been some health matters to deal with. I look forward to returning to regular posting in the spring.
Best to all
Jim

About the blog

Medical ethics has traditionally focused on the individual patient, the individual doctor, and the patient-doctor relationship. But today most care occurs in organizational settings – group practices, HMOs and ACOs, VA and more. Insurers and other third parties have a huge influence on the exam room. Medicare shapes care for the elderly and disabled. Medicaid does the same for the poor. Hospital cultures and policies affect what sick patients experience, for both better and worse.

All this means that the ethical quality of health care is profoundly influenced by the ethics of organizations. We can’t have ethical health care without ethical organizations.

In the blog I discuss how organizations engage with the ethical dimensions of their work. I look for approaches we can learn from, not simply to wring my hands and rant. I hope the blog stimulates discussion and debate, and encourage readers to present their own perspectives and suggest topics for postings. Although organizational ethics is my main focus, I also write about other ethical issues that interest me.

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